Games Like PAYDAY™ The Heist

PAYDAY 2 is an action-packed, four-player co-op shooter that once again lets gamers don the masks of the original PAYDAY crew - Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf and Chains - as they descend on Washington DC for an epic crime spree.

Why similar: Heist 26.7% ★, FPS 13.3%, Co-op 13%, Crime 11.7%, Online Co-Op 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: It's the direct evolution of PAYDAY's four-player heist formula, with more jobs, more gear, and the same addictive loop of stealth, drills, bags, and desperate last stands.

PAYDAY 3 is the ultimate co-op FPS crime fantasy. Choose between stealth or loud playstyles, customize your character, and get ready to pull off the perfect heist.

Why similar: Heist 32.2% ★, Crime 15.4%, FPS 12.9%, Co-op 10.4%, Online Co-Op 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: It keeps the same mask-up co-op heist structure and escalating police-pressure loop, with a more modern take on stealth, shooting, and team roles.

Crime Boss: Rockay City is a 1-4 player co-op FPS heist game with enjoyable stealth and epic killing spree combat. Featuring a solo roguelike campaign that combines FPS and strategy elements with the most hilariously cheesy voice acting that make you laugh.

Why similar: Heist 27.5% ★, Crime 14.7%, FPS 13%, Co-op 9.8%, Online Co-Op 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its first-person robberies, bag-running, drills, hostages, and police sieges make it one of the closest modern alternatives to PAYDAY's crime-movie feel.

RAID: World War II is an action-packed four player cooperative shooter set during a time when the Nazi war machine was still winning, and hope was in short supply.

Why similar: Heist 28% ★, FPS 22.6%, Co-op 15.5%, Multiplayer 8.9%, Shooter 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Made by many of the same developers, it translates PAYDAY-style class-based co-op objectives and wave defense into WWII sabotage missions.

One-armed robber is a chaotic first-person heist game that centers around a uniquely challenging premise. Players take the role of a determined robber equipped with only one arm, tasked with pulling off daring heists on banks, shops, and various establishments.

Why similar: Heist 39.8% ★, Co-op 14.5%, FPS 13.8%, Multiplayer 12.8%, Stealth 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: This indie co-op FPS is laser-focused on casing locations, stealing loot, and surviving chaotic escapes, making it a very direct PAYDAY-like.

GTFO is a hardcore cooperative horror shooter that throws you from gripping suspense to explosive action in a heartbeat. Stealth, strategy, and teamwork are necessary to survive in your deadly, underground prison. Work together or die together.

Why similar: FPS 21.5%, Online Co-Op 16.5%, Co-op 16.2%, Multiplayer 8.8%, Team-Based 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: It trades the crime theme for sci-fi horror, but its tense four-player coordination, objective-driven runs, and punishing loud fights hit a very similar co-op nerve.

Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is a single player or co-op heist game. Assemble a crack team of thieves, case the joint, and pull off the perfect heist.

Why similar: Heist 35.4% ★, Co-op 24.8%, Crime 10.1%, Online Co-Op 8.8%, Stealth 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Even from a top-down perspective, it's one of the best pure heist co-op games on Steam, built around specialized roles, improvisation, and getaway chaos.

Ready or Not is an intense, tactical, first-person shooter that depicts a modern-day world in which SWAT police units are called to defuse hostile and confronting situations.

Why similar: FPS 29.9%, Co-op 16.9%, Crime 15.3%, Tactical 11%, Multiplayer 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: If you liked PAYDAY's tactical room-clearing and high-pressure first-person teamwork, this gives you a more realistic version from the other side of the law.

Deep Rock Galactic is a 1-4 player co-op FPS featuring dwarven space miners, procedurally-generated destructible environments, and endless hordes of alien monsters. Explore cave systems, mine for minerals, and work together to survive!

Why similar: FPS 38.1%, Co-op 37.1%, Shooter 12.3%, First-Person 6.8%, Action 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Despite the mining theme, its four-player classes, objective missions, revives, and escalating enemy swarms recreate PAYDAY's teamwork-heavy co-op rhythm.

In KILLING FLOOR 2, players descend into continental Europe after it has been overrun by horrific, murderous clones called Zeds that were created by rogue elements of the Horzine Corporation. 6-player Co-Op & 12-player VS Zed-slaughtering mayhem.

Why similar: FPS 23.8%, Co-op 17.5%, Online Co-Op 16.3%, Team-Based 14.2%, Multiplayer 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its crisp co-op gunplay, wave survival pressure, and perk-based squad roles appeal strongly to the loud-combat side of PAYDAY.

Take back the city of Tertium from hordes of bloodthirsty foes in this intense and brutal action shooter. Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is the new co-op focused experience from the award-winning team behind the Vermintide series. As Tertium falls, Rejects Will Rise.

Why similar: FPS 39.8%, Co-op 30.4%, Shooter 13.1%, First-Person 7.8%, Action 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the same feeling of a crew pushing objectives through overwhelming resistance, with strong class synergy and constant close-call recoveries.

Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

Why similar: FPS 28.5%, Co-op 24.5%, Online Co-Op 13.2%, Multiplayer 11.5%, Shooter 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: The focus on four-player coordination, pushing objectives under relentless pressure, and clutch rescues makes it a foundational match for PAYDAY fans.

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2 - the sequel to the award-winning next-generation first-person shooter - returns to Sin City. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 is your last chance to rescue America's sexiest city from an escalating terrorist siege that will force you into heart-pounding action from beginning to end.

Why similar: FPS 28.6%, Co-op 18%, Online Co-Op 10.8%, Tactical 9.8%, Multiplayer 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its co-op breach-and-clear firefights, hostage situations, and tactical first-person teamwork overlap well with PAYDAY's more methodical missions.

Perfect Heist 2 is a round-based online game, where robbers try to hide in plain sight while robbing a bank without being noticed by the cop team!

Why similar: Heist 43.6% ★, FPS 17%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Stealth 9%, Shooter 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its heist theme, guards-versus-robbers structure, and emphasis on deception and execution make it a clever multiplayer spin on the robbery fantasy.

Tactical squad-based heist game set in 1970s. The 2D top-down view gives you a great overview of what's happening at any given moment, allowing you to be a real criminal mastermind. Can you pull off the greatest heist in the history of mankind?

Why similar: Heist 47.2% ★, Crime 23%, Great Soundtrack 8.9%, Stealth 7.8%, Tactical 6%

Why You'll Like It: Although it's top-down and more strategic, it captures the same fantasy of assembling a crew, planning robberies, and escaping with the score.

The critically acclaimed Vermintide 2 is a visually stunning and groundbreaking melee action game pushing the boundaries of the first person co-op genre. Join the fight now!

Why similar: Co-op 33.8%, Online Co-Op 21.4%, FPS 19.1%, Multiplayer 13.4%, First-Person 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers another excellent four-player mission-based co-op loop where positioning, team composition, and surviving swarms matter as much as raw aim.

Back 4 Blood is a thrilling cooperative first-person shooter from the creators of the critically acclaimed Left 4 Dead franchise. Experience the intense 4 player co-op narrative campaign, competitive multiplayer as human or Ridden, and frenetic gameplay that keeps you in the action.

Why similar: FPS 27.1%, Online Co-Op 22.6%, Co-op 18.1%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Shooter 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: The card builds and objective-based co-op runs give it a stronger progression layer, but the core appeal is still coordinated FPS survival under heavy pressure.

Rogue Heist is a fresh take on Heist; what happens when both the sides are eyeing the same prize. A 6v6 multiplayer game where are you are sent in with your team to steal and outrun an opponent at the same time.

Why similar: Heist 36.9% ★, Crime 20.2%, Team-Based 12.8%, Multiplayer 10.8%, Shooter 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: This free-to-play shooter mixes competitive and co-op-friendly heist action with masks, loot runs, and criminal objectives clearly inspired by PAYDAY.

Aliens: Fireteam Elite is a cooperative third-person survival game set in the iconic Alien Universe. Battle through hordes of different types of Xenomorph, customize your character and gear, and level-up as you try to contain this ever-growing threat.

Why similar: Co-op 37%, Online Co-Op 25.8%, Shooter 16.6%, Multiplayer 10.1%, Action 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its squad-based objectives, class abilities, chokepoint defense, and nonstop enemy pressure make it feel like a sci-fi cousin to PAYDAY's loud heists.

Pure adrenaline of non-stop action in Single Player, Online Co-op and Multiplayer. Double the pleasure and mayhem with new multiplayer DLCs! (click for details)

Why similar: Crime 30.1%, Heist 22.4% ★, Co-op 21.7%, Action 9.6%, Shooter 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its grim criminal tone, co-op campaign, and messy, desperate firefights make it a thematic match even if it's more linear and less systems-driven than PAYDAY.

Perfect Heist is a round-based online game, where the robber team tries to execute a bank robbery without getting noticed, and the cop team tries to prevent it. Robbers hide in plain sight and try to slowly infiltrate the bank while the Cops try to figure out who is a normal customer, and who is a robber!

Why similar: Heist 43.2% ★, FPS 19.2%, Crime 12.7%, Multiplayer 8.9%, Shooter 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: The original game has the same robbers-versus-security concept as its sequel, with a strong focus on pulling off heists through coordination and trickery.

World War Z is a heart-pounding coop third-person shooter for up to 4 players featuring massive swarms of hundreds of zombies, focused on fast-paced, gruesomely spectacular action.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 25.3%, Co-op 22.3%, Multiplayer 17.6%, FPS 15.9%, Shooter 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: This is another great pick if your favorite PAYDAY moments were the desperate holdouts and extraction pushes against impossible odds.

Sneak Thief is a first person, shooter, strategy, stealth and puzzle game that lets you choose how you want to play. Use your wits and expertise to setup and perform heists whether that be by using brute force to smash your way through or by getting away without making a sound.

Why similar: Heist 40.9% ★, FPS 14%, Stealth 13.9%, Crime 8.2%, Multiplayer 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: This first-person burglary game is much smaller-scale, but its break-in-and-steal structure still taps into PAYDAY's criminal infiltration fantasy.

Zero Hour is a tactical FPS with online team-based game play that takes place in a variety of fictional locations interpreted in Bangladesh with Real-life scale & resource management. It brings a grounded, close quarter combat experience to the game.

Why similar: FPS 24.2%, Co-op 13.9%, Online Co-Op 11.3%, Shooter 9.9%, Multiplayer 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: This is a strong fit if you want more tactical first-person coordination, room clearing, and objective play with less arcade-style shooting.

Two cops, one case and only 24 hours to bust the bad guys! Become a loose cannon police detective and face off with criminal gangs in this procedurally-generated action movie FPS. Join forces with a friend and take down those crooks, buddy-cop style!

Why similar: FPS 53%, Action 43.2%, Indie 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its fast procedural raids, door-kicking entry style, and score-chasing co-op shooting echo PAYDAY's mission-focused FPS action in a leaner format.

The chances of you surviving this all out war of society and the undead are slim to none. Already, there are millions of the walking dead shambling about, searching for food to eat. There's no known cure. One bite can possibly end it all for you. However, you aren't alone in this nightmare.

Why similar: FPS 23.8%, Co-op 23.1%, Multiplayer 18.7%, Online Co-Op 18.5%, Shooter 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its slower, harsher co-op missions make teamwork and resource management matter in a way that can appeal to players who liked PAYDAY's tension.

RICO London is a gang-busting, name-taking, explosive co-op shooter. Battle your way up the high-rise tower stacked with East End gangsters solo or with a partner. Crash through doors, dodge bullets and turn the weapons of the fallen into your personal arsenal. Do whatever it takes reach the top.

Why similar: FPS 40.5%, Co-op 15%, Shooter 11.9%, Online Co-Op 11.2%, Action 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Like RICO, it emphasizes quick breaching, stylish co-op firefights, and run-based criminal raids that scratch part of the PAYDAY itch.

Vermintide is an epic co-operative action combat adventure set in the End Times of the iconic Warhammer Fantasy world.

Why similar: Co-op 26.2%, Online Co-Op 25.3%, FPS 21.8%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Action 8%

Why You'll Like It: It has the same mission-based four-player structure and make-or-break teamwork that PAYDAY fans usually enjoy, just in a melee-heavy fantasy setting.

From one of the developers behind the original Rainbow Six® and Ghost Recon® games, comes a thinking-man's first-person shooter featuring in-depth character and weapon customization. Take your time. Think ahead. Get the job done.

Why similar: FPS 33%, Tactical 14%, Co-op 11.8%, Multiplayer 10.7%, Shooter 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its emphasis on communication, planning, and realistic entry tactics lines up with the more disciplined side of PAYDAY's cooperative play.

You’re out of jail, but the debt isn’t gone. Sneak, steal, and break into houses solo or in 4-player co-op. Use lockpicks, sleeping gas, and brute force to complete jobs, outsmart security, and make enough money before time runs out. Will you pay back what you owe, or lose everything?

Why similar: Heist 33.8% ★, Crime 19.2%, FPS 13%, Online Co-Op 11.2%, Multiplayer 8.7%

Embark on an exotic journey into danger in this rip-roaring 1930s third person adventure for 1-4 players! Encounter pulse-pounding action, treacherous traps and tales of derring-do!

Why similar: Co-op 34.1%, Online Co-Op 24.4%, Multiplayer 15.8%, Shooter 13.5%, Action 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers four-player objective-based co-op, class-like character differences, and constant combat pacing that can satisfy the mission-run side of PAYDAY.

6-player co-op survival horror at its finest! Free updates, free special events and a ridiculous amount of fun!

Why similar: FPS 34.4%, Co-op 23.7%, Online Co-Op 13.2%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Team-Based 7.3%

Take to the streets for intense close quarters combat, where a team's survival depends upon securing crucial strongholds and destroying enemy supply in this multiplayer and cooperative Source Engine based experience.

Why similar: FPS 58.2%, Multiplayer 7.3%, Co-op 6.9%, Team-Based 6%, Shooter 5.6%

Become the best thief. Gather intel, steal things and sell them to buy hi-tech equipment. Do everything that a real thief does.

Why similar: Heist 32.9% ★, Crime 24.7%, Co-op 12.9%, FPS 9.7%, Stealth 9.7%

In the dark days of the end of World War Two amidst the ruins of Berlin, one bullet can change history…

Why similar: Co-op 21.8%, Stealth 18.3%, FPS 14.7%, Action 11.8%, Multiplayer 10.9%

Thick as Thieves is a stealth-action heist game, playable solo or with a partner in crime in co-op multiplayer. Master the art of thievery through cunning gameplay across a 4-hour campaign in this dynamic new take on stealth.

Why similar: Heist 63.9% ★, Stealth 14.2%, First-Person 5.9%, Co-op 5.4%, Action 5.2%

Steal everything. Even the people. The Break-In lets you take whatever you want, from TVs to fridges to toilets. And all in 1-4 player co-op, VR and non VR. Select your getaway vehicle, anything from a bicycle to a stolen police van, and load up with gear like hammers and rocket boosters, and steal.

Why similar: Heist 36.9% ★, Crime 20.3%, Online Co-Op 11.6%, Co-op 9.6%, Multiplayer 7.6%

Go on heists through Midnight City alone or with up to four players to fulfill tasks as a hacker for various organizations. Improve your reputation, earn money, and uncover the secrets of shady companies all while being hunted by terrifying entities.

Why similar: Heist 47.3% ★, Crime 16.9%, Online Co-Op 13.4%, Co-op 8%, Multiplayer 6.5%

Besiege castles and raid villages in Chivalry: Medieval Warfare, a fast-paced medieval first person slasher with a focus on multiplayer battles

Why similar: Multiplayer 31.2%, FPS 15.1%, Action 13.3%, Team-Based 12.4%, Co-op 11.6%

Contains full Rising Storm content as well!

Why similar: FPS 39%, Team-Based 17.2%, Multiplayer 16.7%, Shooter 7.5%, Tactical 7.3%

Get ready for the most out-landish gameplay scenarios ever seen as the Third Street Saints take on the Syndicate!

Why similar: Co-op 27.9%, Crime 20%, Online Co-Op 16.9%, Action 11%, Great Soundtrack 9.5%

The door to your robber’s career is waiting! Just crowbar the lock off and force your way through the threshold. Learn skills, collect tools and become a master of the thieving trade!

Why similar: Heist 39.7% ★, Crime 29.4%, Stealth 11%, Co-op 7.7%, First-Person 4.6%

As Wei Shen, an undercover cop trying to take down the Triads, you'll have to fight your way up the organization without blowing your cover.

Why similar: Crime 60.5%, Action 18.3%, Great Soundtrack 10.1%, Multiplayer 4.3%, Shooter 4.2%

Frantic, multiplayer action involving Nazis and dinosaurs! What are you waiting for? This is World War II as it should have been!

Why similar: FPS 43.2%, Multiplayer 21.6%, Shooter 10.9%, Action 9.9%, Co-op 7.6%

TAKEDOWN is a thinking-person’s shooter; brutal, hardcore and deadly - like the real thing. Not for the faint hearted, Takedown requires you to bring your 'A' game - FPS fans looking for an ultra hardcore experience only need apply!

Why similar: FPS 39.5%, Online Co-Op 11.3%, Co-op 10.4%, Tactical 9.2%, Multiplayer 7.6%

Get your crew back together for the ultimate heist experience! Return to Monaco, plan your operation, and skedaddle when things inevitably go awry in this co-op heist game. The city is yours for the taking!

Why similar: Heist 42.9% ★, Crime 16%, Co-op 15.6%, Online Co-Op 8.5%, Stealth 5.6%

Crime Simulator: Playgrounds is a short, chaotic, and hilarious entry in the Crime Simulator franchise. Throw hammers, spray pepper gas, and cause mayhem solo or with up to 4 players. Take over hideouts, complete absurd missions, and unleash destruction with the wildest weapons. No rules—just fun!

Why similar: Heist 35% ★, Crime 18.3%, Co-op 11.1%, Online Co-Op 10.5%, FPS 10.2%

The original assassin is back! Betrayed by the Agency and hunted by the police, Agent 47 finds himself pursuing redemption in a corrupt and twisted world.

Why similar: Stealth 37.1%, Crime 20.7%, Action 12.6%, Tactical 7.9%, Multiplayer 7.9%

Take charge of a SWAT unit as an elite operator. Command a specialized AI squad or team up in co-op to seize suspects, rescue civilians, and restore order. Study the briefing, kit out your team, and execute your plan with disciplined precision.

Why similar: FPS 23.7%, Crime 14.4%, Co-op 13.9%, Team-Based 9.9%, Multiplayer 9.3%

The Ship is a murder mystery multiplayer.

Why similar: Multiplayer 42.6%, Stealth 15.3%, FPS 14.3%, First-Person 8.6%, Action 7.9%

Work together to survive the devastating Dinosaur horde in huge, endless environments.

Why similar: FPS 29.9%, Co-op 17.6%, Online Co-Op 17.2%, Multiplayer 12.5%, Shooter 7.8%

Bluff, build alliances, betray your friends, and become the richest player! Speak with other players, guess their job, and kill them if it can bring you money. Between Police, FBI, Robber, Mafia, Kamikaze, and Serial Killer, you will find the best job to win.

Why similar: Heist 37.6% ★, Crime 19.7%, FPS 19.1%, Multiplayer 6.6%, Action 4.8%

In a dark Cyberpunk world, you (and up to 3 friends) wage war against the all-powerful Federation in this Source-powered FPS/RPG.

Why similar: FPS 45.1%, Co-op 22.1%, Multiplayer 7.2%, Action 6.6%, Online Co-Op 6%

Pushing the boundaries of what fans have come to expect from the record-setting entertainment franchise, Call of Duty®: Black Ops II propels players into a near future Cold War

Why similar: FPS 32.4%, Multiplayer 15.2%, Co-op 12.8%, Online Co-Op 8.7%, Shooter 8.3%

Strategy. Speed. Story. These are the core pillars of Battlefield™ Hardline, a cops vs. criminals experience unlike any other.

Why similar: FPS 30.3%, Multiplayer 17.9%, Crime 17.7%, Shooter 13.7%, Action 8.7%

Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 59.1%, Action 16.1%, Difficult 13.1%, Shooter 9.5%, Indie 1.2%

Every day, millions of players worldwide enter battle as one of over a hundred Dota heroes. And no matter if it's their 10th hour of play or 1,000th, there's always something new to discover. With regular updates that ensure a constant evolution of gameplay, features, and heroes, Dota 2 has taken on a life of its own.

Why similar: Team-Based 25.6%, Multiplayer 24.8%, Online Co-Op 19.3%, Co-op 12.4%, Difficult 6.3%

The Swindle is a steampunk cybercrime caper about breaking into buildings, hacking their systems, stealing all their cash, and quickly running away again before the police show up.

Why similar: Heist 49.9% ★, Crime 33.5%, Stealth 10.1%, Action 5%, RPG 1%